Three violent incidents reported in two days on the Mountain

A man beaten and robbed, another man stabbed by his wife and a woman and her parents assaulted by her child’s father.

These are three of the incidents Pocono Mountain Regional Police said they responded to Wednesday and Thursday. The three cases were reported as follows:

• At 4:09 p.m. Wednesday, John Kauffman, 48, of Blakeslee, told police he was assaulted and robbed of $300, a cell phone and keys behind the Blakeslee Diner by Kevin Vanderbrink, 45, and Robert Luc, 38, both also of Blakeslee.Police later arrested Vanderbrink, on whom they found Kauffman’s keys, at the Arrowhead development entrance. Luc later was arrested at his home while trying to escape out the back door.

• At 5:50 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a domestic disturbance on Beech Ridge Road in Stillwater Lake Estates, Tobyhanna Township.There, Edward Cousar told police his wife, Pearlie Cousar, had stabbed him on the left hand with a kitchen knife. Pearlie Cousar was taken into custody.

• At 5:35 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a fight on Cayuga Drive in Pocono Farms, Coolbaugh Township.There, a woman and her parents told police her child’s father, Luis Rodriguez, 20, of Connecticut, came to the house to pick up the child, got into an argument and then left after being told not to return. The alleged victims said Rodriguez later returned with two men and a fight ensued.Rodriguez was charged with trespassing, simple assault and harassment.

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